Keeping Up with Carrier Grade

What is happening with carrier grade Linux and kernel contributions in this area?

OSDL CGL and the Community

On October 16, 2002, I had the opportunity to meet Greg
Kroah-Hartman when he was invited to attend one of the CGL WG meetings. Greg
was asked to make a presentation on how to work with the Open
Source community. Greg gave a good presentation and had a lot of
examples of how to do things the right way and how to do things the other
way. He also explained the best approaches to work with the community. It
was an session, especially because some of the attendees had little
prior interaction with the kernel development community.

I encourage the Open Source community to take a close look at what OSDL
is doing with regards to CGL. The CGL specifications, the source code
contributions by member companies and the work of the PoC group to
implement the specification represent a valuable contribution to Linux.

Conclusion

The CGL WG has a challenging mission. A lot of work has been done and
much more remains to be done, especially in such areas as security and kernel
stability; these are areas in which the PoC WG can contribute, assuming it
has enough resources. With the ultimate goal being to improve Linux and make it succeed in
the telecom space, everyone's involvement, cooperation and commitment
is needed.

Bon Courage, and for all those participants at OLS, happy hacking,
keep up the good work and see you next year!

Many thanks go to Andrew Hutton and the OLS team for organizing such a
great event and to my colleagues who reviewed this article.

Ibrahim Haddad works for the Ericsson Research branch in Montreal,
Canada. He also serves as contributing editor to Linux
Journal. Ibrahim co-authored with Richard Peterson
Red Hat Linux Pocket Administrator and
Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Edition: The
Complete Reference (DVD Edition), both published by
McGraw-Hill/Osborne. He currently is a Dr. Sc. Candidate at Concordia
University.

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